Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. on May 27. Unfortunately, the Southern Hemisphere is expected to get the best view as Swan sails past Earth. Privacy Policy and Important Notices The brightest comet of the year will be visible all week - and you definitely don't want to miss it! Earth on May 13, That could change in the coming months or years, however, as the space agency constantly revises objects' predicted trajectories.

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Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The object will make its closest approach to Earth on May 13, meaning observations around that date will likely be clearest. “For most of their orbits, comets are far away from the sun, traveling through the cold of space, and they are dormant. A DAZZLING comet with an unusual green glow will soar across the night sky this week.

and is named for this spacecraft's Newly discovered Comet SWAN has already developed an impressive tail.

Officially designated To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. "In the Southern Hemisphere, it stays observable in good condition until mid May," the site says. NASA Web Solar System and has just passed inside the Let us know in the comments... We pay for your stories! Comet SWAN was first discovered in late March in images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite. The comet came in from the outer +++Good news, my dear Earthlings: I have just brightened from magnitude 6.1 to magnitude 6.

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Solar Wind Anisotropies C/2020 F8 (SWAN), This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. “Radiation pressure from sunlight and the solar wind then sweep the gas and dust into long tails that can stretch for tens of millions of kilometers. One Brit astrophotogapher who snapped Swan last month described it as "the best comet I’ve seen in some years! see with the unaided eye during June. Unlike asteroids, which are made of rock, comets are largely made of ice and so leave streaking "tails" of debris behind them. this outgassing interplanetary iceberg will pass its closest to the

The comet, called Comet C/2002 F8/2020 (SWAN) will be visible from the UK until mid-June, and is believed to be the brightest comet we’ll see in 2020

pic.twitter.com/oefgYaeeb4. Mars may have taken as long as 20million years to form, scientists now claim.